"rather dismayed" is a correct and usable phrase in written English.
You can use it when you want to express a feeling of mild disappointment or shock. For example: I was rather dismayed when my boss told me I was being laid off.
Still, I was rather dismayed by the recent report which apparently highlights the way that Grindr and Tinder are apparently featuring more in crime reports.
Carr ("I'm a classic swivel-chair socialist") is rather dismayed to learn of Daily Mail writers lauding his attacks on political correctness.
Or if she'd like to take the time off — Grant hadn't thought of this before and was rather dismayed to hear himself suggest it — then he himself could take Aubrey out there, he wouldn't mind at all.
"I was rather dismayed at the relatively lackluster performance at the top of the achievement levels," said Alan Friedman, a former chief executive of the New York Hall of Science who sits on the board that oversees the federal tests.
Or if she'd like to take the time off Grant hadn't thought of this before and was rather dismayed to hear himself suggest it then he himself could take Aubrey out there, he wouldn't mind at all.
Having waited 19 years and 13 days to reacquaint themselves with the rarefied air at the summit of French football, Paris Saint-Germain were rather dismayed to see their Ligue 1 title celebrations unravel into a sorry mess in the space of barely a week.
Republicans should be delighted rather than dismayed at this.
Mr. Gold said the decision had left the Rather side "unhappy, dismayed and surprised," adding that "the court saw the case differently than we did".
Rather than be dismayed about this blow to its traditional legal venue, the SFC interpreted the ruling as a green light to skip the tribunals, where charges were heard as civil cases, and bring far tougher prosecutions.
To the Editor: I was dismayed and rather saddened to read your article "Children, Neither Seen Nor Heard" (Practical Traveler, April 9).
In mid-1735, Frederick, Prince of Wales, was further dismayed when Caroline, rather than himself, again acted as regent while the King was absent in Hanover.
